Trust is good, control is better: Reproducible builds at F-Droid

Re:Trust is good, control is better: Reproducible builds at ... by brachi on Saturday July 20, 2019 @02:21PM (#20487398)

but isn't the target users of F-droid developers? E.g. someone who could build things from scratch if they decide to go beyond trusting the signature?

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Re:Trust is good, control is better: Reproducible builds at ... by aasasd on Saturday July 20, 2019 @11:12PM (#20489759)

No. I myself use F-Droid, and my knowledge of Android development consists of editing a line in an XML file in AnkiDroid and rebuilding the app with Gradle like the readme says.

And even if the share of nerds is higher among F-Droid users, I still don't think coders often go “wait, this app is open-source, let me build it myself instead of getting a binary.”

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Re:Trust is good, control is better: Reproducible builds at ... by dTal on Saturday July 20, 2019 @10:11PM (#20489548)

I don't think that's the case at all. F-Droid is very user-friendly. It supports advanced users, but then all software should.

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Re:Trust is good, control is better: Reproducible builds at ... by ardani on Saturday July 20, 2019 @04:47PM (#20488272)

Tech generally arrives in the consumer space only after becoming the standard for developers.

Literal wizards, they build from source.

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